Solway College
Dairy Farm Assistant Kaiāwhina Pāmu Kau
Dairy farm assistants help farmers with a variety of tasks, including caring for and milking cows, repairs and maintenance, and other farming activities.
Dairy farm assistants may do some or all of the following:
- milk cows
- feed and safely handle animals, and report any health and welfare issues
- weeding, fencing and pest management
- use and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and infrastructure
- follow health and safety and wellbeing procedures
- nutrient, effluent and water management work.
Physical Requirements
Dairy farm assistants need to have a good level of fitness as dairy farm work can be physically demanding.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for dairy farm assistants includes:
- working with animals, especially cows or calves
- farm, forestry, engineering or labouring work
- operating farm machinery and tools
- driving heavy vehicles.
Personal Qualities
Dairy farm assistants need to be:
confident and caring with animals- hard-working and motivated
- adaptable and efficient
- responsible
- willing to learn
- able to work well under pressure and in a team.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for dairy farm assistants includes:
- working with animals, especially cows or calves
- farm, forestry, engineering or labouring work
- operating farm machinery and tools
- driving heavy vehicles.
Subject Recommendations
No specific secondary education is required for this job, but agricultural and horticultural science, maths and English to at least NCEA Level 2 are useful.
Dairy Farm Assistants can earn around $42K-$43K per year per year.
Dairy farm assistants may progress to other roles in the dairy industry such as:
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